ricebird

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English

Etymology

From rice +‎ bird.

Noun

ricebird (plural ricebirds)

  1. A Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora).
  2. A bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ricebird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)